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From: rmp@inducer.lanl.gov (Rob Pecherer)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Subject: Searching for an IDL Processor
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Date: 3 May 89 15:08:47 GMT
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The Center for Human Genome Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory
is trying to locate/acquire the C source for an Interface Description
Language (IDL) Processor.  IDL was developed by David Lamb at Carnegie-
Mellon in 1983 under Mary Shaw and William Wulf.  An IDL Processor
incorporates the principles of the IDL into a tool for describing the
data structures that are passed between software modules:  It overcomes
many engineering problems when the interface requirements and specifications
are changing.  Having personally used an implementation (which cannot
be obtained), I can attest to the fact it is a powerful prototyping tool.

Can anybody help?  We need the C source.  As an alternative, if anyone
knows where David Lamb is, that would probably lead us to it.  (Are you
out there David?)

Respond by phone (505-665-1970) or email(rmp@inducer.lanl.gov).
Thanks.

Rob Pecherer
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Center for Human Genome Studies
Division T-10
ms K710
Los Alamos, New Mexico  87545
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